web02.fireside.fm Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:15:47 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Increments - Episodes Tagged with “Gullibility” https://www.incrementspodcast.com/tags/gullibility Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:00:00 -0700 Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. en-us episodic Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. no Philosophy,Science,Ethics,Progress,Knowledge,Computer Science,Conversation,Error-Correction Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani incrementspodcast@gmail.com #84 - A Primer on Not Born Yesterday by Hugo Mercier https://www.incrementspodcast.com/84 96bd27a0-94ea-4390-bb03-cb7fd1fe85b7 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:00:00 -0700 Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani full Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani A discussion on Hugo Mercier's Not Born Yesterday. 1:09:39 no Some thoughts (arguments?) on Hugo Mercier's Not Born Yesterday (https://www.amazon.com/Not-Born-Yesterday-Science-Believe/dp/0691178704), which advances the thesis that humans are not as gullible as is commonly thought. This is our second episode on Mercier's work, and we're as intrigued as ever. But this time we have different interpretations of his thesis, so it's a good thing the man himself is coming on soon to sort us out. We discuss If humans are less gullible than is commonly believed Evolution of Communication Theory Gazelles jumping in the air Are humans too stubborn? Is one of your hosts who shall go unnamed too stubborn? When do humans actually change their minds? Does Mercier's work conflict with Popper? How much of our reasoning is motivated reasoning? How much is social conformity? Socials Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Become a patreon subscriber here (https://www.patreon.com/Increments). Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here (https://ko-fi.com/increments). Click dem like buttons on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ) Did you know that "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? Tell us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. mercier, reason, social, gullibility Some thoughts (arguments?) on Hugo Mercier's Not Born Yesterday, which advances the thesis that humans are not as gullible as is commonly thought. This is our second episode on Mercier's work, and we're as intrigued as ever. But this time we have different interpretations of his thesis, so it's a good thing the man himself is coming on soon to sort us out.

We discuss

  • If humans are less gullible than is commonly believed
  • Evolution of Communication Theory
  • Gazelles jumping in the air
  • Are humans too stubborn? Is one of your hosts who shall go unnamed too stubborn?
  • When do humans actually change their minds?
  • Does Mercier's work conflict with Popper?
  • How much of our reasoning is motivated reasoning? How much is social conformity?

Socials

  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • Become a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

Did you know that "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? Tell us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

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]]> Some thoughts (arguments?) on Hugo Mercier's Not Born Yesterday, which advances the thesis that humans are not as gullible as is commonly thought. This is our second episode on Mercier's work, and we're as intrigued as ever. But this time we have different interpretations of his thesis, so it's a good thing the man himself is coming on soon to sort us out.

We discuss

  • If humans are less gullible than is commonly believed
  • Evolution of Communication Theory
  • Gazelles jumping in the air
  • Are humans too stubborn? Is one of your hosts who shall go unnamed too stubborn?
  • When do humans actually change their minds?
  • Does Mercier's work conflict with Popper?
  • How much of our reasoning is motivated reasoning? How much is social conformity?

Socials

  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • Become a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

Did you know that "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? Tell us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

Support Increments

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